Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9 [Xavier Phillips]
Accompanied by the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, French cellist Xavier Phillips performs Luigi Boccherini’s Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat Major, G.482. Conductor: Philip Greenberg.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 [Zimerman, Bernstein]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. This performance was recorded at the Musikverein, Große Saal, Vienna,…
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Anna Fedorova]
Accompanied by the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic), Ukrainian concert pianist Anna Fedorova performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30. Composed in 1909, the work is widely regarded as one of the most technically challenging piano concertos…
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Temirkanov]
Conducted by Yuri Temirkanov, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Op. 35, a symphonic suite composed in 1888. Recorded during the 2013 Annecy Classic Festival.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 [Pollini, Muti]
Accompanied by the Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala, Italian classical pianist Maurizio Pollini performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
José Carreras sings Una Furtiva Lagrima as Julián Gayarre [Romanza Final]
Spanish tenor José Carreras sings “Una Furtiva Lagrima” (A furtive tear), a romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti. An excerpt from the 1986 Spanish movie titled “Romanza Final”, a biography of…
Tarquinio Merula’s Ciaccona: Three beautiful versions
Voices of Music, Il Giardino Armonico (The Harmonious Garden) and L’Arpeggiata versions of Tarquinio Merula’s Ciaccona, Op.12 No.20 (first published in 1637).
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater [Puértolas, Genaux]
Accompanied by the French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, Spanish soprano Sabina Puértolas and American mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux perform Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. It was composed in 1736, in the final weeks of Pergolesi’s short life (4 January 1710…
Pavarotti Gala Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London [1982]
A gala concert by the legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1982. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler.
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand [Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at the BBC Proms 2010]
Accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra (the British orchestra based in London), French classical pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs Maurice Ravel‘s “Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major”. Composed between 1929 and 1930, the piece was commissioned by the Austrian…
Mario Lanza sings Mamma Mia, Che Vò Sapé?
The great American tenor of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Mamma Mia, Che Vò Sapé?”, a beautiful Neapolitan song written by the Italian composer Emanuele Nutile (1862-1932) in 1900, with lyrics by his fellow Neapolitan Ferdinando Russo (November 25, 1866…
Maria Callas sings Rondò finale of La Cenerentola [Rossini]
Maria Callas sings the Rondò finale (“Nacqui all’affanno” “Non più mesta…”) of Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola, an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts. The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Georges Prêtre. Recorded at the Musikhalle Hamburg (currently…